Improvement in fastenings for neckties



PATENT riviere.

PHILO S. VHITE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENINGS FOR NECKTIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 97,33i, dated November30, 1869; antedated November 24, 1869.

To all whom t indy concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILo S. WHITE, of Providence, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImprovement on Neckties; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,inwhich- Figure l is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 representsmy improvement as attached to a necktie. Figs. 3 and 4 are detailedparts.

In the accompanying drawings, A and B, Fig. 8, are two thin plates ofmetal, having two holes in each.

G, Fig. 1, is a wire, bent oblong from its center, to form aspring-loop, and brought nearly together at the points at d and e. Thiswireis then curved or bent from d and e, and the ends are fastenedthrough the holes in the plates A and B, as shown in Fig. 4, the dottedlines in same figure representing the thickness of a necktie, towhich itis fastened. The two plates A and B serve to hold the spring loop C firmwhen attached to a necktie, as shown in Fig. 2.

To use my invention, the curveV on O at d and e is pressed back of thebutton on a shirt that fastens the neckband together. The loop springingopen, the button passes between the necktie and wire C, bringing thespring-loop back of the button and spanning the button fastening orthread. The points at d and e springing together prevent the necktiefrom dropping off when worn on the neck. It can be easily put on andtaken off, which is an advantage.

I do not claim a necktie as my invention; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe UnitedStates, is- The improved necktie-fastening herein described, consistingof the wire yoke O, in combination with the perforated plates A and B,all constructed and arranged substantially as shown, for the purposespecified.

PHILO S. VHI'IE.

Vitn esses WILLIAM W. RICKARD, CHARLEs L.Y SPENc/ER.

